The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-04-27
Sparks Hurting up an Ele-
VatQr Awaken People
in Time 10 Die.
Gallant IircmCn and Police OF
hccrN Rush. IL snlnunudCr>
Into Deaths Jaws.
\ Gigantic Grcck Wakes -Four
story Leap aud ~ t.niinnt
Catcher stops him.


Ot THRILLING Interest.
IlrrsBrRG. April 26.-A tire broke
out this morning In Willis Bros
grocery store ut the corner of lacock
aud Cory streets in Allegheny CITY.
cntalIing loss of life besides injury TO
several people aud the destruction OF
considerable property. rhc building
is or was four story aud was used as
"A grocery by Willis Bros tn and
their mother aud some roomcrs Cccu-
pied the upper stories shortly after
| O'Clock Mrs. Wills was awakened,
arising she saw sparks coming up the
elevator ~ the rear of the building
She alarmed the inmates ana ut the
samc time All outsider discovered the
tire and gave the alarm Eleven peo-
pie were known TO be in the burning
building. smoke was thick and hung
IN dense clouds throug1 the passages
and Railways. Ladders were run up .
to the various stories. TO open the F.
window from one the large ladders.
thrown up against tho building was
to meet "a cloud OF sullocatiug Vapor.
but into IL both iiremcn and police
men plunged. The heads OF the
frightened women were enveloped In
In clothes and they were crrricd out,
ali uninjurcd
EXCEPT SOPHIE BoLFs.
She could not be found. ono of the
most appalling incidents of the fire
was the jumping OF two people from
the building While the tircmcu were
lighting their way up the stairs vii
| liam EhermAn appeared nj the win
dow ON the third floor lie was too
far gone to shout but he WAS seen aud
the crowd yelled to him TO hold on.
a ladder went up and the iircmon
hastily started to help Ebcrman: when
| the rcscucr haG reached the second
| hoOr Ebcrmau WAS seen to lurch for e.
ward and then come
DowN WITH A RUSH.
Whether he fell or jumped could
not bc told. He Icll on his head aud
shoulders and WAS picked up uncon-
scious one lloggilzerun-a Greek,
and ~ powerful man was the other
victim. His room was on the fourth
llOor. The bravery OF Il man in the
crowd probably saved his life or at
least prevented his instantaneous
death.
THE GKEtk HAD POSED
himself upon the window sill aud
was gazing with eyes dilatcd upon the
furnace roaring near him Anon he
danced downward AT the stone pave
ment below and there was in his al
tcrnate gazing bescaching which in
terprcted itself to the people watch
ing him and provoked unboundeu
unavailing agony and tears in hum
dreds of eyes. II the Greek wcpt his
tears were never seen tor the heat
was
THERE no DRY THEN.
This situation did not protract it,
self. The suspcncc had one good
Quality-it was short. Tho man
swAyCd an instant and then launched
his magnificent frame into tho air
and came downward with appalling
yciositv Among those who had
watched the creek wa. gentleman
OF foreign appearance ana ho had,
unnoticcd save TO u lcw, prepared his
own person to bc the buffer Of the
deeccld
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ground thc stranger iuicrpu.nd ui-
person mud with muscular effort
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